Guest-Provided Food. More.
IF EP was charged, would def. team say ---> LE did sloppy investigation, rushed to arrest EP, and then try to use the guest-provided food as possible cause of death & injury? Trying to estab. ReasDoubt?
IDK, but possibly. And to be absolutely clear, IDK if LE is likely to arrest her. Making no predictions, just spitballing possibilities.
Slipping into hypothetical interview w LE mode, in an effort to explore possibility ^ and to try to fend it off.
Q’s for EP.
Q: What food did the guest(s) bring?
Q: Did they say it was home made? Or bought at store?
Q: Was the guest-supplied food CONSUMED? *
Q: Was ALL of it consumed? *
Q: Did all four have some? A polite sized bite or more?
Q: Did EP consume some? A bite or more?
Q: Were there any leftovers?
Q: Were they left at EP's home?
Q: Did she eat (more)?
Q: Did the children eat some? Did they become sick?
Q: Did (adorable
) doggo eat any? Did dog become sick?
Q: If any remained, did EP dispose of the rest?
Q: Or did some remain in EP's home, avail. for lab tests?
I would be curious about how EP would answer these ^ questions. And about how any other interviewee answered. Maybe what SP had heard from parents, or aunt, before or just after lunch, while in hosp.
LE might also be interested in asking EP---
Q: Were any leftovers of guest-provided food sent home w the guest(s)?
And then asking her about whether she later talked or texted w guests, before they went to hosp or while in hosp. LE could compare her answers about talking or texting to phone records, could pick up discrepancies (lies?) EP may have told.
Q: Did the guests consume the rest of the leftovers?
Q: Did their pets eat any?
Q: Did some remain in guests' home, avail. for lab tests?
LE might have posed these or similar questions to the guests/victims while they were in hosp.
Just thinking aloud.
That''s why, imo, any guest-provided food is/may be relevant, to LE now or to the prosecutor later.
Not saying anything here is likely.
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* Different kinds of communal gatherings?
1.Some, which I know as "potluck dinners" (or known to "Prairie Home Companion" fans
A Prairie Home Companion - Wikipedia as "covered dish dinners" )
are communal meals where ppl bring "bring a dish" to contribute to a meal, and where the guest & hostess expect that the food will be CONSUMED by everyone at that gathering.
2. In other types of gatherings, in some circles, or on some occasions, when asked, the hostess may tell inquiring guests --- no, just, bring yourselves, and then guests bring something which they leave w there, UNOPENED, for the hosting household to consume or enjoy by themselves LATER. Some ppl would be characterize this as a "hostess gift."